Total
of 89,000 men, of
which 20,000 were British,
15,200 Australian, 44,000 Indians, and 9800
presumably Malay. Organized into 31 battalions,suggesting the
10 brigades below at 3 battalions each plus 1 more in the Malay
garrison force. Attached: a platoon of the Hong Kong and SingaporeArtillery with a single 6" gun at Christmas Island